College of Arts & Media | Department of Visual Arts
Digital Design | Transmedia
Campus Box 177, P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364
Education
2006
M.F.A. Digital Fine Arts, George Mason University, Graduate Student Award
1985
B.F.A Communication Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Dean’s list
Professional Experience
2007-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of Colorado Denver, Denver CO
1985- present
Illustrator – Clients include Fortune 500 corporate and many national/international magazines; specializing in covers, packaging and annual report illustrations
1999- present
President, Foliofactory, Inc., a search engine and web marketing firm featuring thousands of artists and their illustrations online at Folioplanet.com
2006-07
Assistant Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University, Department of Computer Science, Washington DC
2006
Adjunct Professor, George Mason University, Department of Visual Arts and Technology, Fairfax VA
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Uncategorized :
real-time video installation, prints on paper | Ironton Gallery, Denver CO Continue reading →
2010
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts :
in transit, an interactive installation | Grand Rapids, MI Continue reading →
2006
EXHIBITIONspace, Fine Arts Gallery, Fairfax, VA
Bryan Leister, Gallery 233-ONE, Alexandria, VA
1998
Illustrations, 929 Gallery, Baltimore MD
1997
The Art of Illustration, Barry Gallery, Marymount University, Arlington VA
Honors and Awards
2009
The University & College Designers Association :
39th Annual Design Competition – Excellence Award magazine Cover illustration Continue reading →
2008
The 27th Annual Black Maria Film Festival :
Juror’s Citation for P.R. | official selection for touring throughout the US, Jersey City, NJ Continue reading →
2007
Curator’s Incubator :
co-curator anti-matter: recontextualizing the material exhibited at Maryland Art Place | Baltimore, MD Continue reading →
2006
It Moves, It Moves Me! Best in Show in a national juried exhibition for the Third Annual Visual Culture[s] Symposium at George Mason University exploring the latest critical thinking about time-based media
2003
Silver Award, American Society of Business Publication Editors
1995
Best in Show, Illustrators Club of Metropolitan Washington
1994
Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators, a national competition sponsored by the Museum of American Illustration in New York
1990
Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators, NY Silver Award, Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington
1989
People, Places, Things: AIGA Best in Photography and Illustration 1984-89, a national competition exhibiting the best in design over the preceding 5 years
1985
First Place, Richmond Symphony Poster competition
1985
First Place, Virginia Museum Theater Design Competition
Juried Film Exhibitions
2010
34th Atlanta Film Festival :
Indistinct Boundaries Movement 4 | official selection, Atlanta, GA Continue reading →
34th Atlanta Film Festival :
Indistinct Boundaries Movement 2 | official selection, Atlanta GA Continue reading →
2009
2008
The 27th Annual Black Maria Film Festival :
Juror’s Citation for P.R. | official selection for touring throughout the US, Jersey City, NJ Continue reading →
42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival, Official Selection for P.R. and Drop , Brooklyn, NY
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Official Selection for P.R., Chicago, IL
32nd Atlanta International Film Festival, an international festival receiving more than 1700 entries with fewer than 150 films selected, Atlanta, GA
15th New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
Globians Film Festival, an international festival focused on world and documentary films, Berlin, Germany
IV ‘08, 12th International Conference Information Visualization digital art gallery, London, UK
Byron Bay International Film Festival, Byron Bay, Australia
30th Annual Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL
The 86Collective, a new media DVD showcase featuring four Denver artists sponsored by Rubi Rey, Denver, Chicago, Miami, USA
Juried Art Exhibitions
2010
Toltec Totem :
iPhone/iPad game/installation | Denver Botanical Gardens, Denver, CO Continue reading →
2009
Digital Nature – a new media event :
hypocenter installation | Denver Botanical Gardens, Denver, CO Continue reading →
Design Clock Competition, Art Center Complex (ACT), Tokyo, Japan
2006
Junctures, Gallery 123, Fairfax VA
New Art Examined, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2003
Landscapes, Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria VA
2000
51st Annual Art Directors Club Exhibition, Washington DC
1999
PRINT Regional Design Annual
1998
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
1995
PRINT Regional Design Annual
1994
36th Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
1994
Text and Image, Target Gallery, Alexandria VA
1993
35th Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
PRINT Regional Design Annual
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
1992
34th Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
5th Annual Illustrators Club Exhibition, Washington, DC
Third Biennial AIGA Fifty, Design Exhibition
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
PRINT Regional Design Annual
1991
33rd Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
42nd Annual Art Directors Club Exhibition, Washington, DC
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
PRINT Regional Design Annual
Society of Publication Design Annual Show, New York, NY
1990
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
Second Biennial AIGA Fifty Design Exhibition, Washington, DC
41st Annual Art Directors Club Exhibition, Washington, DC
3rd Annual Illustrators Club Exhibition, Washington, DC
1989
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
1988
2nd Annual Illustrators Club Exhibition, Washington, DC
PRINT Regional Design Annual
39th Annual Art Directors Club Exhibition, Washington, DC
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
32nd Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
1987
American Illustration, Volume 6, New York, NY
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
1986
American Illustration, Volume 5, New York, NY
PRINT Regional Design Annual
1985
Society of Illustrators Annual Scholarship Competition, New York, NY
Performances
2011
Mouse of Amherst :
game-based interactive | Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, Washington DC Continue reading →
2010
Mouse of Amherst :
game-based interactive animations | Theatre on the Run, Arlington VA Continue reading →
Mouse of Amherst :
game-based interactive animation | Theatre on the Run, Arlington VA Continue reading →
Indistinct Boundaries :
dance performance at The Woolly Mammoth Theater | Washington, DC Continue reading →
2009
Proximity Politico :
: performed at King Center, Denver CO Continue reading →
Indistinct Boundaries :
dance performance at The Burke Theater Navy Memorial | Washington DC Continue reading →
Indistinct Boundaries :
dance performance at The Woolly Mammoth Theater | Washington, DC Continue reading →
2008
Temporal Interference :
: performed at Performatica, Pueblas Mexico Continue reading →
Temporal Interference :
: Performed at the King Center, Denver, CO Continue reading →
2007
such a pure force, premiere of a 20 minute 3D animation created for an original Steven Antosca composition, Corcoran Museum of Art, Contemporary Music Forum, Washington DC
Skating Still , an animation to accompany Gina Biver’s composition included in the 60X60 film festival
Proximity Politico, live Theremin/interactive performance for MultimedialeDC, Provisions Gallery, Washington DC
Temporal Interference, an interactive dance collaboration performed with Jane Franklin Dance Company at The Kennedy Center, Washington DC
Electric Possible – duo, A live laptop concert as the Floating Lab duo networked computers, a theremin and video projection, George Washington University
Protest on Demand, performance as part of the Floating Lab Collective, MultimedialeDC, Washington DC
2006
Temporal Interference, premiere performance and installation at the Warehouse Gallery, Washington DC
Exhibitions (selected)
2011
2010
3 X 3 Magazine :
The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, New York NY Continue reading →
2009
The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode Ep. 4 :
cover illustration for The New Republic reproduced on screen, USA Continue reading →
Alumni Mix :
hypocenter installation, School of the Arts Gallery, Fairfax, VA Continue reading →
Secrets of America – Episode 1 :
Pierre L’Enfant | a Discovery Channel documentary Continue reading →
Private Arts: A Designers Art Exhibition, Artery 717, Alexandria, VA
Rupture, a 3 minute full dome format film screened at Dome 360, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver CO
2008
86 Collective, The Lab at Belmar, Denver, CO
Artist = Educator, Marriott Gallery, Denver, CO
2006
Landscape and Memory, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Fluxus, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD
Art as Social Action, Provisions Art Gallery, Washington, DC
Print-Amore, Fine Arts Gallery, Fairfax, VA
2005
Illustrator’s Cub Member show, Art Institute of Washington, Arlington VA
Southern Latitudes, Ice House Gallery, Berkeley Springs WV
Graduate Student Exhibit, Mason Hall, Fairfax VA
1999
Illustration, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
1992
New Members Show, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Reviews and Interviews
2011
The artificially natural art of Bryan Leister blurs borders – The Denver Post :
The Denver Post’s Kyle MacMillan review of my show at Ironton : The artificially natural art of Bryan Leister blurs borders – The Denver Post. Quoting from the review: In his tech-driven, boundary- blurring art, Bryan Leister creates hermetic, contemplative … Continue reading →
2010
Out of Sorts: Typography and Print Culture :
author Joseph A. Dane | University of Pennsylvania Press (November 5, 2010) Continue reading →
2007
Digital tools interview by Ron Chan, Unleash the potential of the art brush How to Wow with Illustrator
2005
Hope Gibbs, Interview, Evolution of an Artist Elan Magazine, Volume 7
2004
Lisa Cyr, Profile, The Power of Collaboration , [un]coated, AIGA journal
1996
Interview, Sharing a Studio , Full Bleed Magazine, ADCMW
1990
Interview, New Illustrators , Sketches, Illustrator’s Club of Metropolitan Washington
Lectures and Presentations
2008
Media Matters Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art :
Media Matters, an artist talk and presentation of my work for the Boulder Digital Salon, sponsored by Boulder Digital Arts.Media Matters – Fall Digital Salon! – presented by Boulder Digital Arts
2007
anti-matter: recontextualizing the material, co-authored an essay for the exhibition catalogue, Maryland Art Place,
2006
Digital Expo, George Washington University – animation festival and demonstration of motion capture
techniques, electronics and robotics using Max/MSP/Jitter
Interactive and Kinetik Art, George Mason University – 5 interactive displays to introduce painters, sculptors and digital artists to incorporating Max/MSP/Jitter into installation works
3rd Annual Visual Culture[s] Symposium, George Mason
Presentation: Lessig Remix
2005
ICON4 The Illustration Conference, San Francisco CA
Session chair: Pixel Pushers, the Bay Area digital art scene, San Francisco CA
Film presentation: Peripheral Visions artists working outside their normal field, San Francisco CA
2004
The Switch from Traditional to Digital, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA
2003
ICON3 The Illustration Conference, Philadelphia PA
Session Producer: Animation for Illustrators, Illustrator as Entrepreneur, Surface Design and Product Licensing, Starbucks: Branding with Illustration
Curator: Illustration Animation Festival, Philadelphia PA
2002
Protecting your work on the Web, author, Illustrator’s News, Vol. 2, no. 1, 2002, 11.
2001
ICON2 The Illustration Conference, Santa Fe NM
Lecture: Incorporating New Technologies
Panel discussion: Licensing, Choices and Challenges
Competition and the Drunken Bird, author, Illustrator’s News, Vol. 1, no. 5, 2001, 5.
Internet Marketing, The Illustrators Club of Washington, Washington DC
1999
The First Illustration Conference, Santa Fe NM
Lecture: Web site Use and Design
Panel discussion: Integrating the computer into your career
Setting up a Searchable Web Catalog , author, Illustrator’s News, Vol. 1, no. 1, 1999
Illustration, American University, Washington DC
1998
A career in illustration, Marymount University, Arlington VA
1996
Illustration, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria VA
1995
Running a Freelance Illustration Business, Marymount University, Arlington VA
1994
The Art of Promotion, The Illustrators Club of Washington, Washington DC
The art of illustration, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
Workshop: Creating an illustration for assignment
1993
Workshop: Painting demonstration, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
1992
A career in illustration, The Corcoran School of Art
Courses Taught
3D Motion Design, Cinema 4D for Digital Design, Computer Animation Design I, Computer Animation Design II, Computers in Creative Arts, Introduction to Digital Arts, Design for Human Experience, Design Studio II, Design Studio III, Design Studio IV, Interactive Design II, Issues of Interactivity, The Practice of Design, Thesis Prep, Typography
University Service
2010
Chancellor’s Task Force on Sustainability
Digital Design Instructor Search Committee
2009
Visual Arts MFA Visualization Program Development :
A committee to design a new MFA program in visualization for the Visual Arts Department, College of Arts and Media, University of Colorado Denver. Duties include research of existing visualization programs, curriculum development and developing a mission and vision for … Continue reading →
Web Planning Group :
Part of an executive planning group to find a design firm to create a new web site for the College of Arts and Media. Responsibilities included the research and design feasibility of an outcome-based model web site. Duties included research … Continue reading →
2008
Visual Arts Search Committee :
Member of a search committee for a new Chair of Visual Arts. Duties included research, writing, interview and follow up on references.
Chair, Medical Illustration Search Committee :
Chair of a national committee to hire a new tenure-track Assistant Professor in Medical Illustration. Duties involved conducting research into the medical illustration field and contacting certified medical illustration programs in the US and Canada. The search was successful and … Continue reading →
2007
UC Denver Sustainability Committee :
A committee to discuss sustainability issues at the University of Colorado Denver’s downtown campus. Responsibilities included a place for intellectual development and to house the body of knowledge developed through sustainability issues and the IGERT Program on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure.
Professional Service
2003-05
Board member, Treasurer, The Illustration Conference, San Francisco
2001-03
Board member, Technology Chair, The Illustration Conference, Philadelphia
1999-02
Board member, Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria VA
1995
Juror, Society of Illustrators student show, New York, NY
1992
Juror, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Professional Memberships
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Society of Illustrators
Illustrators Partnership of America, Founding Member
Illustrators Club of Metropolitan Washington
College Art Association
Other Scholarly Activities
2009
CAM Faculty Development/YUMPS Grant to attend Sedona International Film Festival
CAM Faculty Development to attend Ann Arbor International Film Festival
2008
Co-PI on a $48K Seed Grant Request submitted by Prof. Anu Rawaswami and awarded by the Denver Department of Environmental Health to develop and evaluate a delivery model for realtor-mediated energy efficiency retrofits offered at the time of sale. My contribution will be in the area of communications and marketing.
CAM Faculty Development/YUMPS Grant to perform/install at Performática in Pueblas, Mexico
Faculty Advisor for a UROP grant awarded to Timothy Edens to create a dome immersive experience on UCD campus
2007
CAM Faculty Development/YUMPS Grant for Map Incubator project in Baltimore, MD
2006
Graduate Travel Grant, to attend Scope II- Sites and Subject, held in Vienna, Austria
Teaching Activities
2009
Green It :
an immersive narrative full dome film Continue reading →
Collections
Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
District of Columbia Historical Society, Washington DC
Blue Cross, Blue Shields, Washington DC
Systems Center, Sterling VA
James River Paper Co., Richmond VA
Celestial Seasonings, Boulder CO
Caffaro Baking Co., Seattle, WA
Kohler, Kohler, WI
Citicorp, New York, NY
American Society of Physical Therapists, Alexandria VA
Selected Commissions:
Cover Art: Businessweek, Forbes, The Atlantic Monthly, Time Magazine, The New Republic, PC Magazine, IBM Research, Fantasy and Science Fiction, The New York Times, WSJ, Washington Post Magazine, Washington Post Weekend, Insight Magazine, Nuclear Times, Harvard Business Review, New England Monthly, Eating Well, Der Speigel
Annual Reports: Smuckers, Systems Center, Riggs National Bank, Blue Cross Blue Shield
Portraits: Systems Center, Pierre L’Enfant for Washingtonian/District of Columbia Historical Society, James River Paper Company, Citibank, American Physical Therapy Association, Blue Cross/Blue Shields